RAF Feltwell -A Thor Missile Base

The Thor
Rocket Station in No. 3 Group opened in June 1958.
"Welcome Brochure"here

THOR MISSILE NOW IN SERVICE WITH THE R.A.F.
Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, Friday, February 12, 1960 The better quality photos are taken from originals kindly provided by
Cambridge Evening News

A ROCKET AND ITS CREW.
The officers and men who form the launch crew standing in front of a Thor
intermediate-range ballistic missile at the R.A.F. Station, Feltwell,
Norfolk. Bomber Command's Thor force is now operational and will
complete its build-up to a strength of 60 missiles by the middle of the
year. The crew includes R.A.F. police with guard dogs which patrol
the area. The 65ft-high missile, supplied by the United States,
carries a nuclear warhead in the megaton range.

LAUNCHING DRILL
The Thor missile, designed to be held at 15 minutes' readiness or less, is housed in a protective shelter which is drawn back on rails.Top: The shelter being retracted to reveal the missile, and (right) the rocket completely exposed and being raised into the firing position.

The missile almost in the vertical position during a practice "countdown" at Feltwell

CHECKING THE CLAMPS
Master Navigator Lachlan Brown, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, checking the
clamps at the base of the missile after it had been raised to the firing
position.